As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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Legend
Hii = Hidden Immunity Idol
TC = Tribal Council
IN = Immunity Necklace
EI = Exile Island
Camp: Brad was in shock and Sarah admitted to being the one that flipped. Cirie talks about how you can’t relax, you have to watch everyone and everything or you will wind up on the jury.
Reward Challenge: two teams of five and must race thru a series of obstacles to reach a chair lift. Four members must lift the fifth up to retrieve 10 tiles at a time until they have all 30. The tiles will be brought back to a table to be used to form a sentence.
The Reward: The winning team will be taken by helicopter to a resort where they will enjoy a beautiful meal and spend the night at the resort in a real bed.
Blue Team: Andrea, Aubry, Zeke, Sarah, and Brad
Orange Team: Sierra, Troyzan, Cirie, Tai, and Michaela
Both teams make it thru the obstacle course easily and then struggle pulling up Troy for the Orange Team and Andrea for the Blue Team. Team Blue pulls ahead and gets all 30 tile. They move to the table to begin working on the word puzzle. The Orange Team final get all their letters and start working on the puzzle. 50 minutes in and the teams struggle to figure out the phrase. Team Blue wins after forming the phrase, “Reinventing how this game is played”.
The helicopter arrives and takes the winners to the resort. They are met by a waiter with mixed drinks on a tray and are lead to an incredible spread of food. Brad is the odd man out at the resort and he and Zeke seem to bond which makes Andrea uncomfortable.
Back at camp the other players complain of being hunger and also of losing the vote at the last tribal council. They all realize that they are at the bottom. Tai still has two idols but has not shared this information with anyone.
Camp: Sierra complained about how hungry she is and how badly she sleep. Tai and Troyzan talked and agreed to tell each other if their names come up. Andrea and Cirie think Zeke needs to go next but they know they need to approach Sarah carefully. Sarah wants to keep Zeke. She shares with Cirie that she has an advantage where she can steal a vote. Sarah plans to continue to play both sides until she is forced to pick a side. Zeke is feeling anxious. He and Sarah outline their plan and realize they need to bring Brad and Troyzan into their alliance to make their plans a reality. Brad made a lot of headway with Zeke during the reward challenge and is very happy with his position.
Immunity Challenge: They must stack a series of blocks on a beam while making their way thru an obstacle course that is attached to the beam. If the obstacle is bumped it will cause the blocks to fall and they will have to start over. The goal is stack all of the blocks in such a way that when pushed they will fall like dominos with the final block hitting a gong. The first person to make that happen will win immunity.
All are very close but then Brad knocks his blocks off and has to start over. Andrea is in the lead with Michaela in second. Andrea has to respace her blocks and Michaela moves to get her last block in place. Andrea moves quickly and wins the challenge. She will be safe at tribal council.
Camp: Sierra is very worried that she will be voted off the island. She knows she will really have to try to get into an alliance if she wants to stay. Now that Andrea is safe tonight she is determined to get Zeke sent home. Cirie says they will have to really work on Sarah if they want Zeke to go home. Sierra goes to Cirie and Andrea and says she will vote for whoever they tell her to if she is safe. They talk to Sarah and Michaela, neither of them want to vote Zeke but also don’t want to bring attention to themselves.
Tribal Council: The discussion starts with the shock several people felt last week when Debbie was sent home. Jeff says it seems it is 6 to 4 right now but that people keep flipping and it is almost impossible to know how people are going to vote. Jeff tallies the votes and asks if anyone wants to play idol but there is no response. He begins to read the votes.
Tai, Sierra, Tai, Sierra, Tai, Zeke, Zeke, Zeke, Zeke, Zeke
Zeke is sent home. Sarah keeps a game face and Michaela cries. I surprised to see Sarah and Michaela voted for Zeke. I will miss him. I’m still not sure who I am rooting for. So next week we have to Family boo hoo show so gather you tissues up my Surviving peeps.
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Repeat challenges, but good ones.
The social part of this game is going all screwy.
The resort was nice for the reward. Wish they'd shown more.
I still don't have someone to root for.
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